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Value investing is more than an investment strategy — it’s a fundamental way of thinking about finance. The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing was established in 2001 to ensure a permanent home for value investing at the Columbia Business School, the birthplace of the value approach. Today the Heilbrunn Center is helping educate a new generation of value investors.

The mission of the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing is to promote the study and practice of Graham & Dodd’s original investing principles; to improve investing with world-class education, research, and practitioner-academic dialogue; and to further Columbia Business School’s role as the leading resource for investment management professionals.

Heilbrunn Family

The late Robert Heilbrunn and his wife, Harriet, and the entire Heilbrunn family have been among the foremost advocates of the value investing program at Columbia Business School.

The young Robert enrolled in Graham’s course as a nondegree student and became a practitioner of the value approach. During the Great Depression, Graham’s wisdom allowed the young Robert to manage the family’s assets, and he was thereafter a lifelong disciple.

The Heilbrunn family established the Robert Heilbrunn Professorship of Finance and Asset Management in 1988. The professorship heralded a renaissance of the value tradition at Columbia Business School.

In 2001, the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing was established by Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn, ensuring the permanency of the investing franchise at the School.